Couture Favors Hendo Over Jones

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Couture is not only a UFC Hall-of-Famer but also one of the sport’s most analytical strategists, he often see’s matchups in ways that others cannot. So is he onto something with this prediction of victory for Henderson or is this just a case of being loyal to a teammate?

Check out what “The Natural” told thescore.com:

“Obviously Jones is a tall order with a 96-inch reach [actually 84.5] and as athletic and dynamic of an athlete that he is, but I think Dan has two things going for him. One is that right hand, but two, at the end of the day it’s going to be that wrestling mentality — closing the distance, wading through Jon, taking him out of that long-range dynamic striking reach he likes and forcing him to wrestle,” he explained. “Dan was a two-time Olympic wrestler, and I think if he makes Jones wrestle and does it for five rounds he has a real good chance of winning that fight. (Plus) you may see an ‘H-bomb’ hit Jon Jones in the head at anytime with Danny, so I really like that fight for him.”

http://www.bjpenn.com/mmanews/2012/08/18/couture-favors-hendo-over-jones-in-title-fight-ufc-news-34684.html

Ok.
Hendu has a punchers chance and that's it. He's not going to outbox him, out kick him, out wrestle him, or overpower him strengthwise.
However, if he can slip inside and land that left haymaker, Jones will go to sleep.

God help Henderson if the same Henderson that fought Jake Shields shows up.

Naw.... Randy is just Scrotum Snuggling..... The vaunted H-bomb is getting easier and easier for opponents to see, Jones is a way stronger wrestler, stronger and faster in general and has so many more weapons than Dan to use it will confuse the old guy.

Besides I think that the TRT will set Hendo's balls a-tingling with unfamiliar life it will be quite distracting for him.

krieger, did you actually mean that jones is a better wrestler with "stronger wrestler"? you must be joking.
but otherwise, yea, hendo has a minimal chance. the way it might go is, jones will stay at a distance for 2-3 rounds as henderson has forgotten that he is a wrestler and then pounce on him when dan gasses out.

Stronger as in strength.... which is a critical component for wrestling. Henderson has the years ... and years and years of experience but this fight is going to come down to strength and conditioning. Despite the vast knowledge base Henderson has with wrestling .... he is not going to be able use it with Jones as you say.

When it does go to the ground Henderson will already be gassed and his wrestling knowledge will simply allow him to see how Jones is beating him. I just hope Jones keeps letting the old bugger up so Jones can keep beating him down.

Not a Henderson fan here....

The Expendables.

I think Jones take it ,but he's most susceptible to punches and Hendo has rediculous punching power so it should be an interesting fight. That being said I think Jones will take him down easiily and Hendo has nothing off his back.

DEP wrote:

The Expendables.

2!!!

Randy's been right before, but I don't think he is this time.

Jones is the perfect fighter to beat guys who have questionable cardio. With his well-rounded game that includes very good wrestling, solid striking with huge range (not 96", but still pretty huge), youth, and pure athleticism, he has the perfect recipe to dictate the pace of the fight and engage at a later point in the fight when the opponent with shitty cardio- in this case, Dan Henderson- starts to lose his wind.
At that point, it won't matter how good a wrestler or how powerful the H-Bomb is. Henderson barely qualifies as fighting in rounds 4 and 5. It'll be ugly.

DEP wrote:

The Expendables.

Are you advocating for Henderson to get a shot at The Expendables 3 when he gets retired by Jones?

the commie wrote:

krieger, did you actually mean that jones is a better wrestler with "stronger wrestler"? you must be joking.
but otherwise, yea, hendo has a minimal chance. the way it might go is, jones will stay at a distance for 2-3 rounds as henderson has forgotten that he is a wrestler and then pounce on him when dan gasses out.

Hendo is definitely the more decorated wrestler, but I can see Jones taking him down continually and GNPing him. Dan was an olympic wrestler, but its not like he has ever shown fantastic Takedown defense.

Yeah, if a 170lb Shields can control him and win IDK... I would love for Hendo to take it... but this is by far his biggest challenge.

Chrom wrote:

Yeah, if a 170lb Shields can control him and win IDK... I would love for Hendo to take it... but this is by far his biggest challenge.

Hey now, goddamn it!!

Hendo was injured or had the bird flu or was crippled or dead or something in the Sheilds fight, and that's that! It doesn't count. It didn't happen, damn it!!




Where am I? I'm light-headed........

I don't see Hendo's wrestling having any negative impact on Jones whatsoever